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The asteroid is on the European Space Agency's Risk List, but poses no threat to Earth or the moon during the close approach.

A Virtual Telescope Project livestream will track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft as it races back toward Earth. Here's how to watch it live.

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight on April 21-22.

'I’m proof that if you keep dreaming big, you too can be out of this world.'

Astronaut Christina Koch poses with zero-gravity indicator "Rise" in the viewport of the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft.

Live coverage of Artemis 2's splashdown begins this evening as four astronauts return from their historic 10-day mission around the moon.

Just after they broke the human spaceflight distance record, the Artemis 2 astronauts shared a powerful moment that deepened their already profound bond.

Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% from 2014 to 2022, a new study using satellite images has found.

Anything NASA can do, you can do too.

Artemis 2's Orion capsule will hit Earth's atmosphere at nearly 24,000 mph on April 10. A heat shield and 11 parachutes will help it survive the fiery trip and splash down safely.

Your guide to May's full Flower Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.

The ALICE experiment at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has given scientists their best look yet at quark-gluon plasma, the primordial matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang.

Owlcat Games' take on The Expanse is wearing its influences proudly, while also carving out its own hard sci-fi identity.

NASA scientists are thrilled with the Artemis 2 astronauts' moon flyby observations —especially the micrometeor impact flashes they saw.

The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way's stars are concentrated.

The Artemis 2 astronauts are capturing spectacular photos of the moon and Earth on their iPhones in space.

"It is fascinating that an active galactic nucleus can change its brightness so dramatically over such a short period of time."

Seeing Earth from space changes your perspective. And this "overview effect" is magnified when you're looking back from beyond the moon, according to Artemis 2's Christina Koch.

"The challenge that we're working through is evacuating the tank."

'With the sound, we’re trying to paint a picture of what is Rocky's sonic soul.'

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts chronicled their historic loop around the moon on Monday (April 7) in great detail. Take a look at their stunning images here.